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"Tabor Ctt-υ — The Town With A City Future99 VOLUME XV. NUMBER 45 _ — - TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. 1961 TmLa. Γ·ι- ■ ~ ^ ^ £ Ο Ν L Υ Ρ π r j τ 7 r β _ ^ 1Ν Ν1 NG WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED S More Than 10.000 People Read The Tribune Every Week Τ AT ES People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown Newspaper 10c PER COPY—$3.00 A YEAR u μ mV· vny Lags In Ship Support "We really need the sup fport of the people of Tabor City ii Columbus County's share nl funds needed to make he L'SS North Carolina a fit— ting memorial to the war dead if his st.it«·." said "Aumiral" I Joe S. Miiiin today. Mann said that too few peo : pie ot Tabor had proven their s ι .merest in the project by do— in nations. However. Governor i'eriy Saniord has commend ed him tor his leadership in the diive to raise Columbus County's shaie of the state l" .'oat of S250.UUU.00, an'.; simul " ! taneously urged civic groups '·' ιηΊ patriotic organizations to 1 '.end him every assistance pus ls! sible. u „ j All 100 counties will be rep resented on throe honor rolls ! when the sufficient funds ma |t j teriali/.e for the preparation of 1( I exhibits aboard the famous j I battleship anchored in the Wil mington port. Columbus will have 71 names on the princi j ! pal honor roll, which will cov (l t er the servicemen from the ι county who died in WWII. Of ,| ι the number 4H died while serv ing in the Army and Air , i Force, and 23 died while serv v ing with the Navy, Marines • and Coast Guard. Another honor roll contem plated for the ship will name the schools which participat I ed in the drive to save the ~ j ship which was destined for I junking before the restoration ι move was started. The third honor list plan i ned for permanent display j will be on the "Admirals" of , the "North Carolina Navy." ! This group is made up of per I sons who have donated as much as $100 or raised as much as $500 to save the ship. MIAMI VISITORS Dr. and Mrs. W, W. Cleve land visited her family here recently enroute to New York. IN CAMP Rusty Carter. Phil Dellenger and Jim Boswell are at Camp Tom Upchurch. the official Boy Scout Camp, for a two week stay. They will be joined Sun day by another group of Scouts from here. IIARRELSONS VISITING Mr. and Mrs. H- Phillips Harrelson of Hartsville are visiting relatives here this week. They are also spending some time at Lebanon in the home of his sister. Mrs D. M. Currie. and Mr. Curric. They plan a trip to Wilmington »o visit Mr- and Mrs. G. L. Har relson. Farmers Markt Pays $27,500 During Week The Horry County Farmc Market paid out more th. SJ..5UÜ lu^t weeK to tarnie »!',( brought pole beans ai bunch beans there to sell. I':ill CioiiKi.ite. market mat saiu that $25,647.00 w i^iit tanners for C.815 busl Μ "* pole beans. No. 1 beat brought from $5.50 to $8.1 with a few going as high i $12 and $11.50. No. 2 an poorer beans ranged froi $1.50 to $3.00. Λ total of $1.888.05 w; paid to farmers who brougl 824 bushels of bunch beans < the market, for an average ι $2.29 for the week. Monday of this week vol pint' was far below what ha been expected, due to coi weather and, in the Buck: port area, to damaging win last Friday. However, indications wet volume would rise Tuesd.i and this week will probabl be the banner week of the sea son. Present indications at most pole beans will have bee harvested by the second Sat φι: day in July. Self-Employed Musi File Tax If $400 Earned I.ack of understanding t the difference between incom wax and self-employinent ta may be costing many resident ■ >f this area present or futur Social -Security benefits fu themselves and their fainilie: In many cases no income ta: payment is necessary due t low income: exemptions fu age or children; or sizeabl medical and other deduction; It is important to remem _ber .however, that if a sell Vemployed person has a net in come from his business t $400.00 in a year, he must fil a tax return and pay self-em ployment tax to receive Socu Security credit for that yeal This is required regardless ι Iiis income tax liability. Misunderstanding of th: rule may make the different between being insured for Su cial Security benefits and be ^in^ unable to qualify for pay ments as a result of disabilit: death, or old-age. Shoots Husband John A. Batten, a Rt. 2 Whitcvillc (armer, is listed in fair condition in the Colum bus County hospital after re ceiving a gun shot wound Sat yurday night allegedly fired by his wife, Patricia Ann Batten. 19. Mrs. Batten is at liberty, having posted a $300 bond. She was ordered to appear in Recorder's court for trial June 2 7bv Justice of the Peace Kim ball Best who presided at a preliminary hearing Saturday tiitfh« y, Acme Fertilizer Has Two Ne wOfficers Acme Fertilizer Company. Acme, North Carolina, an nounces the election of Newton J. Kelly and W. Clark Bella my to Vice Presidents of the company. Both will devote more time in sales promotion of the company's products. In addition to mixed fertiliz ^ers, Acme produces insecti cides and superphospate. The latter is used in the com pany's own products, and is also sold to other fertilizer manufacturers. The promotions were an nounced by Thomas H. Wright, Jr., President. Acme Fertiliz er Company was founded in 1883 and operation has con tinued at the same location for ^ 78 years. I HEAD SOMEWHERE THAT—The old believe ev erything; the middle-aged sus pect everything; the young know evarjr thing. norry Hearing To Determine New Watershed Farmers from all over Hor ! ry county are ext-pcted t< ί gather Monday night at Daisy ; Elementary School for a hear , ing to determine whether a I Simpson Creek Watershed Con servation District shall be cre ated. 1 he hearing will begin at ί ":30 p.m. ! 1 he creation of such a dis trict is important to farmers I all over the county for it ap pears that future action of the Ax my Engineers on requests ι for damage work in the couu I tv may well depend upon ; what Horryites do about main taining the work the engineers have already done on the Simpson Creek drainage pro ject. The hearing has been call ed by the Commissioners of the Horry County Soil Coii sei vation District in response to a petition signed by sortit 38 farmers. From the testimony pre sented at the hearing the com missioners will determine whether it is desirable and ne cessary. in th# interest of the public health, safety and wel fare, to create such a water shed district. If they determine that such a district is needed, thy will then order a referendum in w hich owners of land within ! the proposed boundaries of the eligible to participate. If the results of the refer endum show that the opera tion of such a watershed con servation district is adminis tratively practicable and feas ible, they will certify that de termination to the Clerk of Court of Horry County and to the Secretary of State and the district will be forriied as "a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic." Landowners in the district would then elect five direc tors who would have the au thority, subject to a veto by Soil Conservation Com missioners, to acquire land, easements or right - of - way I needed to construct, improve I or operate and maintain euch works or improvements as are necessary, to borrow money and to levy taxes not to ex ceed five mills for adminis tration. operation and main tenance. Creation of the district is being sought under a new law passed in the dying days of the 1961 General Assembly, authorizing the establishment of such districts as needed in Horry County. Landowners who petitioned for the hearing included: John R. Carter, Leon Gerald, Joe Todd, Neil Blanton, El bert Rlanlon, Thomas Todd. .1. Gaol Hardee, McNeill Mc cormick, S. F Todd, Dcnu^i $kipper, S. H. Blanton, M. W. Rowell, Carl B. Ilw.:dce, El^ bert O. Cox, Pearlie M. Jacobs. 1 H. C. Cook. J D. Cox, Lacy I Porter, Rüper Carter, Dafton I Floyd. L. A. Hardee. G. K. i Prince, L. D. James, James H. Faircloth. Jesse L. Faircloth, j I Joe D. Kint!, J. B. Carter, Jim I T..dd, J. M. Todd. Jr., S:im • Graham, Strick Graham, Dave J West, J. I.. Sanderson, Alton T. Bovd, Rebur Boyd and W. T. Boyd. The area to be covered by the pronosed district consists I of 29.000 acres and 450 farms. REPRESENTS STUDENTS I ivflsfc Jane Smith returned ■ i Monday to Chapel Hill, after : atending the student council {association at pornell Univer-I sity, Ithaca. New York. She was' there June 14-20 representin« •the student body of the Uni J versity of North Carolina. Williams Takes Principal Post At Souihpor! William N. Williams Jr., principal at Guideway School for the past four years, has been appointed to the princi palship of Southport Schools, according to Brunswick Coun ty Superintendent of Schools, John G. Long. Superintendent Long too was once principal of Guideway. Williams, who is 28-years old, said recently "1 am leaving the communities making up Guide wa'es school district with mem ories of four enjoyable years and many pleasant relationships with tht patrons." He added •The section has become 'home' I to me." He is a graduate of Tabor City High school and received j his Bachelor of Arts degree I from Wake Forest, and Master I of Education degree from the ι university. Williams taught two I years at Nakina before becom ing principal of Guideway. I Patrol Sets Safety Theme For Holidays I In im effort to promote greater highway safety yver the July 4th holiday, the State Highway patrol has launched a campaign entitled "Cele brate Satelv" and every effort j will b< made to hold traffic i accitleni- to a minimum. Α. II. j j Campbell, local member of ! I the pati« I. announced today. ; ; Situ- are it: the process of being painted that will herald this "Celebrate Safely theme and local members of the po lice force will participate in the campaign. More Money For Yams Contest Set Λ "More Money From Yout Yams" contcst has been or ganized by the Tabor City Marketing Co.. Inc.. Jimmy Garrell. chairman, announced today. The deadline for entering is July 15 and those interested may pick up blanks at the labor City Merchants Associ ation office or from any of the stores who are members of the association The entrant having the high est average income per acre will be honored with an awards banquet here and will also win a trip to a distribution center probably in New York or Chicago. •„ The entry blanks are com •lete with details for the con f»slant to fill in the number of imrvest acres, income received, ,snd-*4be place of selling the y'dins- Too, sale« slips must be attached. Garrell also pointed out that ; the grower may select their own fertilizer and type of yams. Already entered in the con test are Milton Clemons of Green Sea. Eleary Turbeville, Irene Wright. Nathanial Har relson and Lonnie Harrelson, all of Tabor City. Demonstration Set By W. Auto Miss Ruth Pittman. Home Economist for Carolina Pow er and LightCompany, will be at the local Western Auto As- 1 sociate Store Frilay and Sat urday for freezer demonstra? tions. Free gifts will be given to the ladies and all are invited to attend, said Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers, owners. 30th Anniversary ny ννΚΛΪ IHUitirSUN Writer Bill Sharp once re vealed in a State Magazine ar ticle that a skirmish was fought in the Pireway section between General Francis "Swampfox" Marion and Bri tain's General Gainey during the Revolutionary War. This fact is probably true. But his suggestion that dur ing the same period the sec tion became "a haven for rene gades and outlaws" is ques tionable. "The fine people of that area would not appreci ate anyone writing that their argues one Columbus Coun tian. No matter their heritage, the residents of Bug Hill. Pire way. Guide. Dothan and Olym phic communities have pro vided their own success story in the form of a school— Guideway. Guideway School is as mod and efficiently operated as any in rural North Carolina. From the time of its construc tion in 1931 the patrons have been determined that their children would have a school equal to any others in Colum bus county; because of their inselfish dedication the school has progressed even though the enrollment has declined, a factor common in all rural schools. took her name from two of the communities, Guide, and Pireway. The building was constructed by the Public classrooms were included in ι Architect Leslie Ν Honey's • drawings, as well as a library and auditorium. To date the facilities have been increased to include a library, a lunch room, audi torium enlargement, a teach er's lounge, as well as addi tional acreage fur playground. The quality of instruction continues to improve since the addition of many audio-visual aids, and the creation of a 1,50(1 volume library. History suggests that the ι area making up the Guideway school district has been set tled for more than 200 years. Bill Sharp's research provides information that . . the first settlers arrived possibly as early as 1734. As early as 17β4 the General Assembly author ized a road from Elizabeth town (then called Belford) to Old Dock," the latter being just above the Guideway school district. And back to the earlier mentioned issue Sharp wrote, "Toward the end of the Revo lution a part of the area was set apart as a refuge in an Marion and Gainey." "The earliest industry was ton-timber (used In shipmak inn) and turpentining. Turpen tine and lumber provided in come to the area longer than any other in the county. Farm ing took over as main-source of-income around 1900." "Frances Asbury, a famed preacher, included in his jour nal 'Preached at Pireway Fer ry'." There was actually a Representative Says Three Men Gave False Report representative Arthur Wil liamson oi Columbus recent 1) submitted a resolution to tlv House calling for the name ο the Crusoe island community to be changed to River View Community and the resolu tion was accepted. Later Mr. Williamson rea< a statement to his fejlov House members enumerating his reasons tor the change "Recently there appeared ti The Wilmington Star a storj apparently tiled by the Unit ed Press International fron Cleveland. Ohio, giving th< stories of three North Caro lina youths from my count} who had gotten into troubU with the law. "This article. apparently based on what these youths had told reporters, is so fileci with distortions and inaccur acies that I felt 1 must in tht interest of fairness and truth set the record straight with re gard to that area ol Colum bus county known as Crusot Island. "For example, Mr. Speaker and I cite this only as an indi cation of how erroneous thi> article was. the statement is made that, and here I am quot ing: "NV> one on the islanc wui dw.iX of World War One but between wars their terri tory was at last mapped int· a county and some of tht youths were tapped tor World War Two" . . . end of quote "Mr. Speaker, in the Wat Between the States, the fol lowing men from that area served in the Confederal»: forces: Eleas Register. Tho mas Register. Daniel Parker Luther Crawford, M. Sim mons. Thomas Simmons, Peter McKeithin. James Benett. D;: vid Register and L. L. Long "In World War I. the fol lowing: "W. E. Simmons, W A. Register. Goodie Barefoot Fate Lewis. H. J. Resigter. Η Β. Clewis, Η. Η. Cumbee and Pink Rhodes. "And in World War II: Γ. M. Suggs. Thomas Suggs Ralph Suggs. William Suggs Wilbert Register, Ellis Regis ter. Natus Register. Whippli Register, Lester Register, Paul , Clewis. Mack Spivey, Davii Spivey. Wesley Long. Robert Lung, Dallas Clcwis, Lrvin ι Loir-i, Llonzie Clcwis. Alton I Long, Ernice Ward, Morgan Duncan, James Clcwis. Roscue Simmons, Loon Cuinbee, Leo Simmons. Robert Register, D. C. Simmons, Loris Lung and Raleigh Simmons. "Mr. Speaker, 1 regret hav ing to burden tin· House with our troubles, but this article, so obviously based on mis statement ot tact, has iast the I wrong light on a section of my I county. "The people of the Crusoe ' Island community have been j good citizens of our county j and have served .as you can j tell from the foregoing, in sev j era I of our wars. "For the reason that I should , like the truth known, 1 have J mad»· these remarks and 1 re jspectfully request that they be I entered into the official Jour i nal of this House." Rotary Slaies Ladies' Night, And Installation The Tabor City Rotary Club will install Ben Nesmith, Jr.. as 1961-62 president at a ladies niaht ;<nd installation service at ι at Hoskins Restuarant in Ocean ι Drive Beach next Monday night I at 7:30· Nesmith will succeed Richard Gordon as president of the club. Bill Rogers, local attorney, spoke to the club Monda.\ night. He discussed the Junior Chamber of Commerce project s for this year and noted the need for tax reform, civil de fense and a bicycle safety ι campaign. His talk was well j received by Rotarians. The speaker was guest of his fath er. A. P. Rogers, Sr.. who was j in charge of the program. RONALD HARD Ronald Ward continue-« tii receive treatment in the Con· ; way. S. C. hospital. ror iiuideway Elementary School Pirewny Ferry in the section in that era as attest od by old tax records still available. The most noticeable prog ress marie in the section came about in the Roosevelt admin istration which brought about bitter roads and consolidated ! schools, of which Guideway was one. Of the Scott admin i Istration, one Pireway resi j dent says "He (the Governor) I really brought us out!" Scott's administration brought to the I people paved roads—salvation I of the farmer who had found I difficulties transporting hia crops to the towns where the larger markets existed. Rural electrification in the 1930s, and installation of tele phone lines several years ago, brought the communities in'o qual competition with all olh •r.- in the county. The school boasted an en rollment of 297 pupils in the eight grades during the 1960 61 school year, with an admir able daily attendance average >f 95 percent. Of this record Principal Bill Williams re cent'y noted, "Despite approx imately 75 cases of measles d ten cases of mumps dur K the last two months < < fuwil, 57 students had per •t attendance records. He added, "Dut· to the faith I attendance by pupils and reful reporting of contai ns disease by parents, th» hool maintained its present lotmrnt of 10 teachers." ley include Mrs. Joanna L. evens. Mrs. Helen Butler rs. Cleo Suggs, Miss Maude itler. Miss Ruby Suggs, Mrs lease Mercer, Mrs. Addle >re, Τ. E. Mercer and How I E. Caines Grape Growers To Meet On Thursday Members of th<· llorr.v Grape Growers Association will meet at the Loris Ju nior I fish School auditorium Thursday night at Κ ρ in. Marketing news as it may affect the er« ρ of Con cord grapes from this see lion »ill be brought th:· member* by the Kastern Carolina Marketing Asso ciation. The growers will also see a demonstration of a new ι 500-pounds pressure spray w hlch is expected to do a better job of spraying their vineyards than low pres sure sprays have done. Also to be discussed is a marketing container for grapes which growers, plan ning to sell the hulk of their crop raw this year, have been asked to use. Tobacco Field Day Thursday June 29 The annual tobacco field day ' will bo held at the Bor dt Belt Tobacco Research St « i lion Thursday, June 29. Th ! station is located 4 mil· I northwest of Chadbourn 01 the old Liimberton-Whltevill· highway. The program, scheduled t last about three hours, will begin at 9 a.m. Police Investigating Arson And Break-in Cases Here » T;il»ur Citν iji.licc hav«.· two ΆΜΙΙ'Ι *-..V i» IUI.' IΪ u \ V IWII maj· ■ cases under investiga tion wiiicn may net arrests lor ..».•>•>11. bre-ikinji and entering a bu Ik ling. an,i stealing. C'ji Tu. .-day Jnru 12 the own« ι 11! Simon's Department st·«!». «·ιι »«j 11 inj· the building, ■ '>»■" vi·..·: t. t it had been j •"■""lit..» in·... Oilier.-· Harry 1 Bl'Utull and *Γ··· I \v t Ts froiii their joint investigation, found that ·«.,.· budoiug wnicii laces the railroad. had been forcibly entered from the back door. Laie» the two found a suit case stored under the nearby . Now Fanners Warehouse con t 'ining clothing missing from •Simon's. The suitcase was also from the store. On the same night a sky light was broken in the ware house, throuyn which the po lice department believes the thieves entered New Farmers. Suspects Arson On Wednesday, at 9:00 p.m., the town Ii ι c.epartment was called to tin scene of a tire in the alley where the break-in occurred two days earlier. Po lice \vi re also called. In tlaines was a supply i»f hardwood flooring which had been stored behind Schild's Department store, and owned by ( hades I-cggettc. 1 lu lumber was stored near :· 12'i-ji. :'« ii butane pas t..nk v. ivh when absorbing the ex treme heat of the blaze, shot Mames higher than the build | trig. Offi er Watts said that he . certain that the lumber was ι maliciously ignited but Uiat no pei-son had yet been ar . '"csted tor t;. act although the j case is yet .«»der investigation. W-rd Sentenced I Hubert Watt·; min L. D. Ward Jr. both received sentences irom Superior curt Tuesday, having entered pleas of guilty to charges breaking in the labor City School cafeteria January 1«, as well as the prin cipal's office in which they Were apprehended bv local no ■ lice. Ward was given 12 months "ii the roads while Watts re vived a six-months term. The jaater. who will begin serving l!!" when he completes i '«-month term he is now 'serving, asked the judge for leniency, stating that he has ■ I ready spent many years in ι pnson. in luding one 17-year term. Watts promised the jiidye inat ii a conservative sen tence was imposed, he would ;make an attempt i„ ..|jve ;.nd take up a new life j - > ■ his w, ,· (rtcently niar . η i ι and child. — Hew Tree Farms In ColnmbKs Co. Successfully crowing trees as a crop has earned three Co lumbus land-owners citations from the North Carolina Tree Farm committee. They are llcir.psey and Waldo Hinson. Fair Bluff: and Hilly F. Ford. Cerro Gordo. Too. Horace Wil liamson. listed as having a I.umherton address, was also cited for a tree farm which he located in Columbus county. Too win a free farm award, landowners must demonstrate that they are growing trees us a crop by protecting their wnods from fire, insects, di sease. destructive grazing, and harvesting in a manner which will assure repeated crops. Members are awarded a certi ficate testifying to their forest success and a green and white dgn to display on their prop erty. The acreage represented by 'ocal citations are: the Ilinsons, 10; Williamson 15: and Ford 15. North Carolina now has 1.5 nillion acres of taxpaying woodland on ΓίΟΟ tree farms. 1ISH JONES Miss Kate .Ionen is con ν 9 ■scing at the home of her sis •r. Mrs. May Stone, Godwin Heights. Eleventh Street. Lum berton.